Operation Bluebird follows DC Carrie Hart as she heads undercover in order to infiltrate the world of the Paradise Casino and one of London’s largest crime families. But will she be able to maintain her cover without succumbing to the tempation of the world around her?
It starts at the end, drawing you in with questions and blanks in Carrie’s memory that pull you back in time and show you what unfolded during Operation Bluebird. I liked this opening, I had questions about the plot but I was reassured that they were about to be answered. We get to know Carrie gradually, with flashbacks to her relationship with Lucy, demonstrating her motivation to infiltrate the Casino and the Park family. As time goes on, Cara gets more deeply involved with the Park family, could an unadvisable romance be her downfall?
This is a short but attention grabbing crime drama with twists, temptation, addiction and a forbidden romance. Crafted with interesting and well created characters and I would be interested in reading more about Carrie Hart.
"I'm not an addict," he scowled, still running his hands over the floor. "I can stop any time I want; I just don't want to yet."
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Carrie Hart became Cara Parry for three reasons: to prove herself as an undercover detective; to bring justice to the people who killed Lucy Flynn; and to trial a life of letting go, with no consequence for her real self.
But under the intoxicating lights of Paradise Casino, lines are blurred and letting go becomes a question she had never thought to ask:
Who is the real Carrie Hart, and where do her loyalties truly lie?
